Cryptic Consumers and the Ecology of an African Savanna
Open Access
- 1 January 2000
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in BioScience
- Vol. 50 (3) , 205-215
- https://doi.org/10.1641/0006-3568(2000)050[0205:ccateo]2.3.co;2
Abstract
How could removing ungulates double the carrying capacity of the habitat for rodents? The most likely mechanisms involve predation and competition. In the firstKeywords
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